Green glazed pottery dog

[Green glazed pottery dog]

Green glazed pottery dog, Eastern Han Dynasty, 29.7 cm high, 27 cm long and 16 cm wide
The whole body of the dog is painted with green glaze. The head is large, the body is short, the two ears are bent forward, the eyes are wide open and glaring ahead, the mouth is open and barking, and the canine teeth are exposed to show ferocity. Its limbs are short and vigorous, showing a natural and realistic aesthetic feeling
In the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the number of pottery figurines buried with livestock and poultry increased compared with that before
The green glaze on the ceramic dog is because the lime glaze containing copper oxide appears green in the oxidation atmosphere. The traditional green glaze in China uses copper as the colorant and belongs to the copper green glaze.